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| Based primarily on ethological theory and therefore asked how attachment might have evolved |
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| A strong affectional tie that binds a person to an intimate companion |
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| An innate form of learning in which the young will follow and become attached to a moving object during a critical period early in life |
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| Plays an important role in facilitating parent-infacnt attachments as well as other social relationships |
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| A more biologically based process in which parent and infant form a connection in the first hours after birth, when a mother is likely to be exhilarated and her newborn highly alert |
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| Cognitive representations of themselves and other people that guide their processing of social information and behavior inrelationships |
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| Close childhood friendships |
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| Emotions, such as embarassment, require an awareness of self and begin to emerge around 18 months of age |
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| Infants begin to monitor their companion's emotional reactions in ambiguous situations and use this information to decide how they should fell and behave |
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| Processes involved in initiating, maintaining, and altering emotional responses |
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| Much like dances, in which the partners take turns responding to each other's leads |
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| Goal-corrected partnership |
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| Taking a parent's goals and plans into consideration and adjusting their behavior to achieve the all-important goal of maintaining optimal proximity to the attachment figure |
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| A baby often becomes wary or fretful when separated from the parent |
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| A wary or fretful reaction to the approach of an unfamiliar person |
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| Point of safety from which an infant can feel free to venture |
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| Procedure for measuring the quality of an attachment |
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| Disorganized-disoriented attachment |
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| Reunited with their mothers after a separation, these infants may act dazed and freze or lie on the floor immobilized |
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| Pleasurable tactile sensations provided by a soft and cuddly "parent" |
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| Attachment types page 470 |
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| Characterized by indiscriminate friendliness, lack of appropriate wariness of strangers, and difficulty participating in real, reciprocal social interactions |
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| Play in which one actor, object, or action symbolizes or stands for another - aroung age 1 |
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| Play in which children cooperate with caregivers or playmates to enact dramas |
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| Methods for determining who is liked and who is disliked in a group |
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| Excessive discussion of personal problems with a friend |
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| A collection of several heterosexual cliqes, is involved in arranging organized social activities |
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| A social network and support system that acoompanies us during our life's journey, changing as we go |
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| Socioemotional selectivity theory |
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| The shrinking social convoy: As a choice older adults make to better meet their emotional needs once they perceive the time left to them as short - Older adults actively choose to narrow their range of social partners to those who bring them emotional pleasure, usually family members and close friends |
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- Paying more attention to better remembering, and putting more priority on positive information than on negative
-Ability to gather and evaluate information in an unbiased way suffers |
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| The greatest influence on mate selection is similarity |
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| Triangular theory of love |
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| Identifies different types of love based on the strength of passion, intimacy and decision/commitment |
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| High levels of passion, intimacy, and decision/commitment |
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| Affectionate love defined by high intimacy and commitment but not much passion |
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| Internal working models page 487 |
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| Balance of contributions and gains, in satisfaction in relationships |
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| A spouse, relative, or friend to whom the individual feels especially attached and with whom thoughts and feelings can be shared |
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| Reactive attachment disorder |
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| A psychiatric diagnosis affecting socially deprived and maltreated children that involves either emotionally withdrawn behavior suggestive of a lack of attachment or a disinhibited attachment pattern |
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